In his post, he mentions the following events / event organizers, and you should visit his post for a bit more on each of them. LA CTO Forum Dealmaker Media Digital Family Reunion Startups Uncensored Social Media Club, LA Twiistup Mindshare LA LA Hadoop Meetup Dorkbot Geek Dinners LA Cloud Computing LA Web Application Developers LA PHP Developers In addition to these, I'd recommend looking at: Technology Council of Southern California – Surprised John didn't mention this one.

Just a quick note that I'll be moderating a Technology Council Event : Social Networking as a Business Strategy May 19, 2009 - Culver City Social networking media are used on a daily basis to grow businesses and expand career opportunities. He graduated from Rhodes College and the Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth (MBA). Sam Cimino, Sales Manager SW of YouTube/Google As YouTube’s Southwest Regional Manager, Sam is responsible for generating revenue across YouTube and the Google Content Network which comprises a media network that reaches nearly

This also happens for Technology Council of Southern California , AITP-LA , TechBizConnection and others. A while ago I posted about Secret for Networking at Events - Prenetworking where I recommended that people should look at who's attending the event prior to going to the event in order to make their networking more effective. I've received a lot of positive feedback on the post.

The Technology Council of Southern California, one of the nonprofit groups here in the area helping to support the high tech industry, has just opened its application process for its annual awards event, the Technology Industry Awards. Technology Industry Awards Deadline to submit an application is March 25th More info from them below. (We’re We’re helping to sponsor the event): Call for Candidates Annual Technology Industry

Southern California is a hotbed of technology companies that are leaders in their sector. This includes MySpace, CitySearch, Ticketmaster, eHarmony, and thousands of lesser known technology companies. high-tech community like this also has many bloggers and Web-based news outlets that cover our companies, venture capital, and events -- plus a number of advisers who help technologies entrepreneurial companies grow. A It's been difficult to keep up on all aspects of the technology sector in Southern California.

But, what's interesting is that the old SoCal events hosted by folks like the Technology Council seem to be struggling for attendees, while you get 250 to a networking only event during the middle of the day. I've been remiss in posting to this blog. Very busy on a couple interesting start-ups. More on them in

Yes, there are some events around particular technologies. Most networking events tend to either focus on specific technologies (PHP, .Net, Part of this is that CTOs have a tendency not to go to networking events. :) Actually this is something that the Software Council of Southern California realized a few years ago as we changed to focus on broader set of companies – and rebranded to become the Technology Council of Southern California . I've helped organize the Los Angeles CTO Forum for almost 10 years. As part of doing that, I've had the opportunity

I am excited to be participating in and announcing the of: Southern California Tech Central This is a community of people in Southern California who have come together to help find and organize the best content from blogs, news sources and other web sites all around technology in So Cal. This site is being sponsored by the Technology Council of Southern California and my company TechEmpower . The goal is to create a place where it's easy to find current and highly relevant content. And perhaps to stimulate new connections.

I’ve recently had a chance to reconnect with Eric David Greenspan ( LinkedIn , Twitter ) He’s the CEO of Make It Work a high quality, personal, high touch technology service provider for homes and small businesses. He’s done several startups and is a board member of the Technology Council of Southern California (which is where I met him originally). A great opportunity for more visible networking . I roughly know about MakeItWork, but tell me a bit about where you spend your time day-to-day. A typical day starts with email, Facebook, LinkedIn, Twitter, and Yammer checks/updates.

Friday, November 21, 2008 -- "Technology Council Orientation Meeting" The purpose of the orientation is to give you an opportunity to find out how to get involved in the programs, committees and services that we bring to our Technology Council members. See [link] (mor